Horror Movie Discussion

There were similar issues with PA. I mean Katie was dragged out of her bed, she was bit etc. then comes PA2 where the sister who lives nearby has not been bothered with any of that information outside of "There's strange shit going on in our new house, just like when we were kids." If I were Katie, seems like I would've let her known if it escalated that badly.

what you are not realizing is PA2 is actually happening BEFORE PA. So in essance PA2 is a PREQUEL to PA1. Think about it...PA2 happens until the husband did the spell with the maid for the demon to leave kristi and go to her sister- so what you need to remember is that once the spell is done...THEN the WHOLE PA1 is happening to the Mika and Katie (from the spell- until Katie goes to get hunter at the end of PA2.

I still think the storyline of this one was the low point of the trilogy, but it was a scarier entry than PA2. Little girls are the scariest thing in the universe. Also Teddy Ruxpin.

PA2 starts with the house getting trashed...the family thinks it's a burglary and sets up the surveillance cameras, while the audience is supposed to believe that the ghost did it. Now I'm thinking that the grandma or her witch friends did it, and stole the tapes and the girl's necklace, and THEN sicced the demon on Kristi (though my theory is still that the demon is just a mediawhore and likes being on camera, because it's only causing trouble when asshole boyfriends are fucking around with cameras).

I don't like the horror genre, and the only horror films that appeal to me are the ones that are actually, genuinely scary, and Paranormal Activity is a prime example (Blair Witch being the undisputed master of this era imo).

Antithesys wrote:
I still think the storyline of this one was the low point of the trilogy, but it was a scarier entry than PA2. Little girls are the scariest thing in the universe. Also Teddy Ruxpin.

PA2 starts with the house getting trashed...the family thinks it's a burglary and sets up the surveillance cameras, while the audience is supposed to believe that the ghost did it. Now I'm thinking that the grandma or her witch friends did it, and stole the tapes and the girl's necklace, and THEN sicced the demon on Kristi (though my theory is still that the demon is just a mediawhore and likes being on camera, because it's only causing trouble when asshole boyfriends are fucking around with cameras).

I don't like the horror genre, and the only horror films that appeal to me are the ones that are actually, genuinely scary, and Paranormal Activity is a prime example (Blair Witch being the undisputed master of this era imo).

um...wouldn't the grandma been dead by then? the 'girls' where about 5 or 6 years old and during PA 2 they were about 25-30. I mean I don't know if that was a bad theory but I have to think it was the ghost because the only room that wasn't touched was hunters

Well I mean it's either the grandma or someone in her coven or whatever, because the box of tapes was gone (wasn't it? I thought that's what happened). It had to have gone somewhere, and I doubt the ghost lugged a box down the street to some hidey-hole (though yes, it did put the picture in Katie's attic). It's very strange that the movie never explained how the "filmmakers" got hold of the tapes to make the movie in the first place.

The PA movies are so awful. I had such high hopes, and they failed miserably each time. Though I only watched 1 and 2 on Netflix so I didn't give them money. Though I did see the 3rd one which I commentated during it like Rachel from Scream 4. <3

But like the crowd was so rude. Shut the fuck up people I'm watching the movie. So instead I started bitching about it during the movie to get revenge.

youfist wrote:what you are not realizing is PA2 is actually happening BEFORE PA. So in essance PA2 is a PREQUEL to PA1. Think about it...PA2 happens until the husband did the spell with the maid for the demon to leave kristi and go to her sister- so what you need to remember is that once the spell is done...THEN the WHOLE PA1 is happening to the Mika and Katie (from the spell- until Katie goes to get hunter at the end of PA2.

GOT IT??

I can't tell tou why she knows so much about this...but just trust me

Umm, yeah I got that. But wasn't there a point at which Katie thought she could call up her sister and let her know that the mildly creepy occurrences in her house are now pulling her out of bed and such? I know that this is what Kristi and her husband wanted, so to speak, but I find it a bit of a plot hole that the sisters stop communicating with each other when these things escalate.

Quick scenes that are done intentionally to make you jump like a character hearing a noise it turns out to be a cat but when they turn back around there is a quick screaming ghost that last for a sec or two

Mullane wrote:/getting out of PA talk.
Anyone geared up for Silent Hill 3D? I love the 1st one; it beautifully creates this otherworldly atmosphere. Am keeping fingers crossed we can see this as a preview.

The first one was good. Not perfect, but good. I think it was too literal in following the game as sort of a game itself.

True "jump cuts" are often used in "found footage" films (PA uses them a lot) as well as real documentaries (it's not a horror technique). It's when you are filming a person or moving object, and remove a sequence of frames so that the person will appear to "jump" instantly into another state. It's usually used either to jolt the viewer out of SoD for some reason or to give the impression of time passing. Example: a character walks over to the table with a bowl and a cereal box, and the film suddenly cuts to them eating a full bowl of cereal.

A "jump scare" or "sting" is when you show a scene as uneventful, then move away or obstruct the scene, then come back and there's the monster, invariably accompanied by a dissonant chord on the soundtrack. The obvious example is the medicine cabinet...opening a medicine cabinet in a movie has never (and I mean, literally, never) failed to reveal the killer upon closing the cabinet.

PA3 (sorry for bringing it up over and over, but again, these are the only scary movies I watch) has an excellent example of a jump scare when the oscillating camera points at the babysitter in the kitchen, then pans away, then pans back and a figure in a bedsheet is standing behind her, and after a *perfect* amount of time the sheet collapses. That's a FANTASTIC sequence.